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This masterful synthesis of criticism and biography surveys all of Hermann Hesse's major works and many of his minor ones in relation to the intricate psychological design of his entire life history. Eugene Stelzig examines what it means to be an "autobiographical writer" by considering Hesse's fictions of the self as an exemplary instance of the r



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*I. The Confessional Imagination, pg. 1*II. Life as Writing, pg. 25*III. Self-Will, pg. 43*IV. Autobiographical Beginnings, pg. 80*V. Domestic Fictions, pg. 105*Vi. Hesse's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, pg. 130*VII. Ticino Legends of Saints and Sinners, pg. 159*VIII. Live(D) Fantasies, pg. 188*IX. Home to the Un-Becoming Self, pg. 238*Epilogue: Who is he?, pg. 311*Notes, pg. 315*Index, pg. 337

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691606316, 978-0691606316
      ISBN10: 0691606315

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This masterful synthesis of criticism and biography surveys all of Hermann Hesse's major works and many of his minor ones in relation to the intricate psychological design of his entire life history. Eugene Stelzig examines what it means to be an "autobiographical writer" by considering Hesse's fictions of the self as an exemplary instance of the r



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*I. The Confessional Imagination, pg. 1*II. Life as Writing, pg. 25*III. Self-Will, pg. 43*IV. Autobiographical Beginnings, pg. 80*V. Domestic Fictions, pg. 105*Vi. Hesse's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, pg. 130*VII. Ticino Legends of Saints and Sinners, pg. 159*VIII. Live(D) Fantasies, pg. 188*IX. Home to the Un-Becoming Self, pg. 238*Epilogue: Who is he?, pg. 311*Notes, pg. 315*Index, pg. 337

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